News from Nowhere

News from Nowhere
Author: William Morris
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2012-07-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0486143198

One of the most literary of utopian fantasies, this 1890 novel distills the author's attitudes toward politics, art, and society. A resonant critique of state socialism, it offers remarkably modern proposals for an alternative, idyllic society.

News from Nowhere Illustrated

News from Nowhere Illustrated
Author: William Morris
Publisher:
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2020-07-13
Genre:
ISBN:

News from Nowhere is a classic work combining utopian socialism and soft science fiction written by the artist, designer and socialist pioneer William Morris. It was first published in serial form in the Commonweal journal beginning on 11 January 1890.

The Letters of Philip Webb

The Letters of Philip Webb
Author: John Aplin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 1600
Release: 2022-07-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317274652

Philip Webb (1831-1915) was a British architect known as a founder of the Arts and Crafts movement and also a key member of the Pre-Raphaelite circle. He was an important figure in the literary and artistic world of the late-nineteenth century. Webb had a long association, both professionally and personally, with William Morris and his family as well as becoming treasurer of Morris's revolutionary Socialist League. They first met as trainees in the same architect's practice and remained collaborators throughout their lifetimes. Webb was responsible for the design of the hugely influential Red House, the Morris's first home. It was through Morris that Webb became connected with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, amongst others. Webb and Morris were also joint founders of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), the first organization to promote conservation rather than intrusive restoration. This comprehensive selection from Webb's surviving letters includes many important and previously unpublished letters to some of his closest associates. They reveal the wide range of his professional and personal interests. These four volumes will be of interest to art and architecture historians, scholars of Victorian history in general and of William Morris and the wider Pre-Raphaelite and Arts and Crafts movements in particular.

Illustrated Editions of the Works of William Morris in English

Illustrated Editions of the Works of William Morris in English
Author: Robert L. M. Coupe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN:

This work presents a detailed description of the various editions of work by William Morris in which one or more artists have illustrated the text. Each bibliographic entry emphasizes the artistic aspect of the particular book and pays special attention to the artists' visual interpretation of Morris' writing.

The Letters of Philip Webb, Volume III

The Letters of Philip Webb, Volume III
Author: John Aplin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2015-12-22
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1317283392

Philip Webb was a British architect known as a founder of the Arts and Crafts movement and also a key member of the Pre-Raphaelite circle. He had a long association with William Morris and was responsible for the design of the hugely influential Red House, Morris’s first home. Webb's letters will be of interest to art and architecture historians.

Visualisation in Popular Fiction 1860-1960

Visualisation in Popular Fiction 1860-1960
Author: Stuart Sillars
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2005-06-29
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1134813589

Visualisation in Popular Fiction 1860-1960 explores the important but neglected tradition of illustrated fiction in English. It suggests new analytical approaches for its study by offering detailed discussions of a range of representative texts, including Mary Webb's Gone to Earth and Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. Among the issues and genres Sillars explores are: * Victorian `narrative' paintings * Edwardian fictional magazines * comic strips * illustrated children's stories * the translation of novels into film An insightful and highly informative work, Visualisation in Popular Fiction will be of value to students of literature, cultural studies, visual art and film.

Teaching William Morris

Teaching William Morris
Author: Jason D. Martinek
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2019-10-16
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1683930746

A prolific artist, writer, designer, and political activist, William Morris remains remarkably powerful and relevant today. But how do you teach someone like Morris who made significant contributions to several different fields of study? And how, within the exigencies of the modern educational system, can teachers capture the interdisciplinary spirit of Morris, whose various contributions hang so curiously together? Teaching William Morris gathers together the work of nineteen Morris scholars from a variety of fields, offering a wide array of perspectives on the challenges and the rewards of teaching William Morris. Across this book’s five sections—“Pasts and Presents,” “Political Contexts,” “Literature,” “Art and Design,” and “Digital Humanities”—readers will learn the history of Morris’s place in the modern curriculum, the current state of the field for teaching Morris’s work today, and how this pedagogical effort is reaching well beyond the college classroom.